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STATEMENT OF RECORDS 



BURNT, MISSING, ETC., 



s 

AND DATE OF QUALIFICATION OF THE FIRST RECORDER, IN THE ORGANIZED COUNTIES OF TEXAS, 

JAMES F. STARR, Marshall, Texas. 

irXTHi-Z" 3ttL, 1S35. 

SEOO:tTID SIDITIOIsr. 



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Note: — Where no records have been burnt, missing, etc., nothing is stated under that head opposite to 
the name of the county. Books designated by letters or numbers, are records of deeds, etc., unless otherwise 
stated. 

[Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1S85, by James F. Slarr, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.] 



County. 



Anderson 

Angelina 

Aratisas 

Avcher 

Ataseo-<a 

Austin 

Baiidei-a 

Bastrop 

Baylor 

Bfo 

Bell 

Bexar 

Blaiico 7. 

Bosque 

Bowie 

Brazoria 

Brazofc 



Bro\ 



Burleson . 
Burnet.... 
Caldwell . 
Calhoun 
Callahan 
Cameron , 



Coleman ... 

(;ollin 

Colorado.., 

Comal 

Comanche 
Concho .... 

Cooke 

Coryell .... 

Dallas 

Delta 

Denton 

De Witt..., 

Dimmit 

Donley .... 

Duval' 

Eastland.., 
Ed\fards .., 
Ellis 



Date of Qualifica- 
tion oi First 
Recorder. 



Camp 

Ca.ss 

Chambers ... 

Cherokee 

Clay 



Julv 2.5, 1846. 
July 31, 1846. 
Dec. 29, 1871. 
Aug. 10, 1880. 
.Aug. 20, 1856. 
ilch. 27, 1837. 
Meh. 26, 1856. 
.A.pr. 14, 1837. 
Jane27, 1879. 
Feb. 10, 1858. 
Aug. 21, 18.50. 
_ 1837 . 

■5Ta.y, 18.58.....": 
Aug. 28, 1854 . 
l''eb. 19, 1841 . 



Aug. 28, 1858. 



Aug, 30, 1852. 
Aug. 21, 1848, 



July 30, 1877. 



Records Burnt, MissiNo, Etc. 



Paii-es 309 to 323 torn out of book A. 



Aug. l.j, 137G,'^.ril ieCr&iSxj^H^Ttt!- 



First instrumeni tiled for record Feb. 10, 1837. 

First insti-umcnt filed fnr record Apr. 26, 1841. 

The county was called "Xavasota" prior to Jan. 28, 1842. 

.Mch. 29, 1880, all recortls burnt except surveyor'o and sheriff's records and tax rolls. 

Feb. 26, 1884, records of Dist. CK'rk and Sheriff and part of tax rolls burnt. 

First insn-unient tiled for record Autc 15, 1846. 



First instrumeni rec<irded Aug. 28, 1846. 



July 8, 1874 

July 22, 1846 

About Aug.. 1858... 

Aug. 1, 1846 

Aug. 16, 1860 ! rh 



First official act of first recorder Sep. 25, 1848. In 1854 books C and D were stolen beine 
records from Aug. 14, 1850, to Feb. 6, 1851. 



riie county was called "Davis" from Dec. 17, 1861, to May 16, 1871. 
Dec. 2, 1575, all records burnt. 



Mch. 22 1875. 
Nov. 3, 1846.. 
Feb. 10, 1837.. 
.Sep. 21, 1846. 



e county was abandoned in Fall of 1862, and all records taken to Montague county and there 
lini-iit Fell. 25, 1873. Clay county reorganized in 1878, and recorder qualified Aug. 9, 1873. 



Apr, 3, 1879 

Aug. 7, 1848 

Mch. 15, 1854 

July 13. 1846 

Oct. 7, 1870 

July, 1S46 

Aug. 21, 1846 

Nov. 16, 1880 

Apr. 11, 1882 

Dec. 4, 1876 

Jan. 1, 1874 

Oct. 3. 1383 

Aug. 15, 1850 



First deed recorded June 2, 1856. 



Feb. 3, 1S80, all county court and probate court records, except land records, burnt. 
Dec. 22, i87.5, ali records burnt. 



County. 



El Paso 



Date of Qualifica- 
tion of First 
Recorder. 



Erath 

Falls 

Fannin 

Fayette 

Fort Bend. 
Franklin..., 
Freestone.. 

Frio 

Galveston .. 
Gillespie ... 
Goliad 



Jan. 15, 1838. 

Jan., 1S38 

May 18, 1875. 
Jan. 28, 1851., 
Aug. 7, 1871... 



Gonzales ... 
Gray .son ... 

Gretjg 

Griini'S 

GiiadaKii)e, 
Hamilton . 
Hardeman. 

Hardin 

Harri.s 



Jan. 29, 1838. 



Julv 11, 1878 

1846 

Xuii. 7, 1846 

About Aug., 1858. 
Jan. 5, 1885 



Harrison 

Haskell 

Hays 

Henderson.... 

Hidalgo.. 

Hill 

Hood 

Hopkins 

Houston 



Nov. 27, 1839. 
Feb. 9, 188.5... 
Aug. 25, 1848. 
Aug. 1, 1846... 
Jan. 20, 1853.. 

1853 

Dec, 1866 



H^W!ird"TT 

Hunt 

Jack 

Jackson . 
Jasper. ... 
Jefferson . 
Johnson . 

Jones 

Kai'iios .. 
Kaufman . 
Kendall... 

Kerr 

Kimble.... 



Kinney .... 
Lamar 

Lamiiasas , 



[jtiSalle , 

Lavaca 

Lee 

Leon 

Liberty 

Limestone.... 

Live Oak 

Llano 

MeCuUoch. 
McLennan 
McMullen . 



Madison.. 
Marion .. 
Mason 



Matagorda. 
Maverick..., 

Medira 

Menard , 



1856 

Oct. 10, 1850 



1848 

Spring of 1838., 



About Oct. 1, 1837. 



J«^26, 1882. 
July 28, 1846. 
JulV 18, 1857. 



About 1839. 



Aug. 21, 1854 

July 7, 1881 

About Feb., 1854. 



Mch. 8, 1862 

Apr. 5, 1856 

In 1876, or carlj- in 

1877 

Nov. 17. 1872 



Feb. 22, 1841 

About Apr. 1856 



Dec. 7. 1880 

July 31, 1846 

Juiicl9, 1874 

Aug. 14, 1846 

1837 

About Autr., 1846.. 

Aug., 1856 

About Aug., 1856. 



Jan. 10, 1876. 
Aug. 24, 1850. 
Jan. 5, 1877.. 



Early in 1853. 
Mch. 24, 1860. 



Feb. 15, 1837. 
Aug. I, 1871.. 



May 8, 1871. 



Records Burnt, Missing, Etc. 

(See Note at head of 6rst page.) 



First deed recorded Mch. 30, 1850. Pages 1 to 36, and 647 to end ot book A and pages 1 and 2 

of book B torn out "during the war." 
In latter part of 1866 all records burnt. 
Oct. 2, 1872, book K burnt. 
Earliest recording done Feb. 20, 1838. 



June, 1877, book B disappeared, jn-obably stolen. 
First iiistrunient filed for recoid July 13, 1838. 
July 1, 1850, book A burnt. 

June 6, 1870, all records burnt e.xcept book H (wliich is badly mutilated) and except surveyor's 
records. 



First deed recorded .Sep. 4. 1846. 



In Fall of 1848 all records burnt. 

Sep. 10, 1863, book A burnt; books B and C badly injured, but were transcribed into book F. 



First official act of recorder was Sop. 11, 1858. 
First instrument filed tor record Feb. 27, 1837. 
The county was called ■' llarrisburg " prior to Dec. 28, 1839. 



July 31, 1876, book A of mortgages, and i)ages 160 to 230 of book J burnt. 
Fob. 13, 1885, some district court records burnt; no land records burnt. 



Sei>. 17, 1872, book L burnt. 

.Mch. 5, 1875, all records burnt. 

First instrument filed lor record Oct. 5, 1846. 

Feb. 2, 186.5, all records burnt. 

Nov. 13. 1882, books W, A, 1, 2, 3,4, of records o 



and district clerk burnt. 



i of deeds, and some other records of county clerk 



First instrument filed lor record Mch. 8, 1837. 
Oct. 28, 1849, all records buimt. 
Earliest record is Mch. 20, 1837. 



July, 1865, all records burnt, exceja district court records 
Fii-st instrument filed for record Oct. 9. 1848. 



Ai)ril 22, 1884, all records burnt. 



Pages 1 an d 2 of book K, Vol. 1, missing. 

Dec. 25, 1 871, all records burnt. 

Sep. 27, 1873, all records, except part of book A, lost by "overflow." 



Dec. 11, 1874, al' records burnt. 

Oct. 24, 1873, all records biiiMit, except surveyor's records. 

First two or three months of records of deeds almost illegible. 

Dec. 12, 1874, books A, B, C, D, E, burnt. 

Oct. 17, 1880, books A, B, C, D, E, F, burnt. 



The counlj' was probably organized about 1862, and abandoned ; reorganized again in 1871, but 

abandoned before any deeds were recorded. 
Book D was stolen. June 5, 1865, all records burnt. Jan. 20, 1873, all records burnt. 



First instrument filed tor record Sep. 8, 1858. 

Jan. 21, 1877, book s C and E and all papers and court dockets and minutes burnt. 



First deed recorded Sep. 5, 1848. 



County. 



Midland... 

Milam 

Jlitchell... 
Moiuasrue. 



Montgomfiiy 

Morris 

Nacogdoches 
Navarro — 

Newton 

Nolan 

Nueces 

Oldham 

Orange 

Palo Pinto.... 

Panola 

Parker 



Date of Qualifica- 
tion of Fiist 
Recorder. 



fuly 8, 1885 

About Mch. 1, 1837 
Jan. 25, 1881 



Records Burnt, Missing, Etc. 

(See Note at head of first page.) 



Apr. 9, 1874, all record.s burnt. 



.Vlay 31, 1875 

Feb. or Mch., 1837.. 

July 31, 1816 

Aug. 1, 1846 

Jan. 2«, 1881 

Julv 29, 1846 

Jan. 12, 1881 

Apr. 5, 1852 

May 13, 18.57 

Jufy 27, 1846 



Pecos 

Polk 

Presidio 

Pains 

Red River ... 

Reeves 

Refugio 

Robertson.. . 

Rockwall .... 

Runnels 

Rusk 

Sabine , 

S'r. Augustine 
San Jiieinto... 
San Patricio. . 



Apr. 6, 1875 

Aug. 8, 1846 

About July 15, 1875 
About Nov. 1, 1870 

Jan. 29, 1838 

Dec. 24, 1884 

1839, or hetoi-e 

Abiui Mch. 27,1838 



Apr. 18, 1873 

Feb. 28, 1880 

Feb. 28, 1843 

1837 

18.37 

Nov. 11,1870 



First recorder elected Aug. 2, 1858. 

Feb. 25, 1873, all record books of district and county court burnt. 

Mch. 31, 1884, all surveyor's and part of district court records burnt. 

First deed recorded Feb. 27, 1838. Pages 435, 436, 437 and 438 cut out of book E. 



First instrument filed for record Mch. 20, 1837. Some "Archive " instruments 'nissing. 
Fall of 1855, records of commissioner's and district court burnt. 



First recorder elected Mch. 11. 1856. 

May 13, 1874, all records burnt, excc])t surveyor's and some of treasurer's records 



First instrument filed for record Dec. 9, 1870. Nov. 20, 1879, all records burnt. 
Feb., 1875, book U stolen. Pages 179 to end of book A missing. 



A few pages in betrinning of books A and C missing. 

First instrument filed for record Apr. 23. 1838. 

In 1872 some old probate and some old district court papers burnt. 

Mch. 16, 1875, all records burnt. 



Mch. 5, 1878, books B, C, D, E, burnt. 
Nov. 22, 1875, all records burnt. 



fidv 10, 1884. 
Sep. 2s. 1874.. 



Aug. 10, 1846. 
Apr. 26, 1875. 
Aug. 29, 1848. 
June 1, 1876 
1851 or 1852. 
Julj 16, 1878.. 



Mch. 31, 1879 

.Jan. 3(3, 1875 

About Jan. 1, 1852 



San Saba June, 1856 

Scurry 

Shackleford... 

Shelby 

Smith". 

Somervell .... 

Starr 

Stephens 

Tarrant 

Tavlrn- 

Throckmor- 
ton 

Titus 

Tom Green... 

Travis 

Trinity 

Tyler 

Upshur 

Uvalde 

Val Verde.... 
Van Zandt .. 

Victoria 

Walker 

Waller 

Washmiilon . 

Webb.. 

Wharton 

Wheeler 

Wichita 

Wilbarger ... 
Williamson.. 

Wilson 

Wise 

Wood 



Sc]). 30, 1846 

May 12, 18.56 

May 16, 18H5 

Aug. 24, 184S 

Jan. 30, 1838 

AiiiT. 3, 1846 

Aug. 26, 1873 

1837 

About Nov. 1848. 



Fir.st instrument filed for record May 17, 1847 
First deed recorded June 30, 1856. "IirlMT 



minutes destroyed by a, " storm." 
First instrument filed for record Apr. 25, 1837. June 1, 1882, all records burnt. 



Mch. 29, 1876, all roconis burnt e.xeept book G of wills, etc. 
First deed recorded Dec. 2, 1846. 



First instrument recorded Feb. 20, 1840. 

Dec. 1872, all records burnt. Feb., 1876, all records, except records of deeds, burnt. 

Mch., 1880, minutes of district court, made since last burning, missing. 

First instrument filed for record Sep. 16, 1846. In 1862 probate record, book D, stolen. 

In 1861 or 1862 probate record, book A, disappeared. 



Young .. 
Zapata.. 
Zavalla.. 



May 19, 1879. 
.luly 10,1882. 
NoV. 1, 1881. 



Aug. 16, 1860 

May 1.5, 18.56 

About Aug. 18, 1850 



Aug. 18,18.56 

About Apr. 1858. 
Mch. 17, 1884.. .. 



Book A missing. 



Some leaves torn in records of deeds, etc., of 1861 to 1867. 
First instrument filed for record Sep. 7, 1846. 



First instrument filed for record Sep. 25, 1848. 



Nov. 25, 1881, probate minutes burnt. 

First instrument filed for record Sep. 11, 1850. 

Dec. 11, 1878, all records burnt, except book E of surveyor's records. 



In 1863 all records destroyed by " military." 



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